Androstephium breviflorum

Androstephium breviflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Androstephium
Species: A. breviflorum
Binomial name
Androstephium breviflorum
S.Watson

Androstephium breviflorum is a species of flowering plant known by the common name pink funnel lily. It is native to the southwestern United States from Wyoming to the deserts of eastern California. This is a perennial herb growing from a spherical corm. Its inflorescence is a peduncle up to 30 centimeters tall containing up to 12 white to light lavender funnel-shaped flowers each one or two centimeters long. The fruit is a 3-lobed capsule just over a centimeter long.

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